Is It That Difficult To Sync?

How hard is it to respect yourself?

How tough is it to value yourself?

How difficult is it to appreciate yourself?

Often, we hear our parents mentioning, about how we should respect our elders, teachers, and fellow mates. Boys may actually hear an element more, about, how to respect girls. But how many of our parents are seen teaching their children to respect themselves first? How many people do you hear on the streets, randomly talking about importance of valuing ourselves, more than delivering lectures on how to respect elders? How many of us really realize our self-worth? A few of many do recognize it, but feel inferior when it comes to implementing the same. Despite being known to the evergreen quote which goes like- ‘An apple a day, keeps doctor away.’ Oh! no not this pals:/ I was talking about the quote which says- ‘God helps those who help themselves.’ Yes! This very quote here.

So, how many of you would actually think about yourself, before jumping through the ring of fire to, say, save your family whenever the crisis strike? How many of you would actually think of your hunger, when you see, say, a little kid dying on the road because of malnutrition? How many of you would actually think of your ongoing happy phase in life while you hear about, say, your best friend testing positive for cancer? As far as my experience says, I don’t feel any person reading this right now has been ever that emotionless and heartless in his/ her life. Chances are that situations might have made you tough enough to not let you react the same way as you would have before in life, but truth still says that you at least feel the same way, your heart still aches the same way, you still feel pain the same way. Talking about same ways, I just realized that everything syncs in this same way phenomenon, then why does the idea of respecting others including yourself seems that difficult to follow? 

Shouldn’t you feel proud of yourself for all the courage you show, while keeping aside your sufferings to support somebody who is in desperate need a helping hand? Shouldn’t you respect your thought process, which is known about the fact of life completely knocking you down and still it thinks about your ailing best friend? Shouldn’t you appreciate that valor and confidence of yours which shows up at the exact time when your family is struggling in its literal terms? And shouldn’t you value your existence which makes up for someone else’s existence?

Building up a bad ass wall of fortitude may sound cool and satisfying for some time. Thoughts including the ones about not falling in the web of emotions might seem appeasing for some time. No stressful life and less distractions might be pacifying for some time. But who on this earth has ever been able to live all by his/ her own? In this world of 7.8 billion people, who has ever found a place which is completely of his/ her own? 

Even if you opt to die to get away with these worldly tortures, then don’t forget about the same amount of dead people waiting for you to join them in heaven! (Shh...But, you can know about my Art to Disguise secret). Then why not live and balance the appreciation we give to the world with the admiration we provide to our self? Why not we make it a routine to recognize the efforts, our body puts in to help, if not others then at least our own selves? Starting from killing of a mosquito which was about to bite you!! Yay!

-Crystall✨